Europeans no longer worry about American ascendancy.
This is part of a wider story of Eastern ascendancy.
At present the wet methods seem to be in the ascendancy.
Herder and many other of his generation wanted to challenge the French ascendancy and to defend a distinctive German culture.
They have managed to elude a change in tax treatment for years, but the ascendancy of one of their own may be what finally reverses their fortune.
This saw the ascendancy of Ugyen Wangchuck, the ponlop (governor) of Tongsa, who united the country following several civil wars and rebellions in the period 1882-85.
They established their ascendancy
This led to the ascendancy of Bismarck.
Although geographically linked, the two provinces have long fought for political ascendancy.
In particular, the new ascendancy of the emerging economies has changed the relative returns to Labour and capital.
With Yuan Shikai's ascendancy, the Forbidden City of Beijing and the Central South China Sea were co-located with two governments.
Gao Min, China's "Diving Queen", won consecutive Olympic gold MEDALS and gold at three world championships at a time when China's sporting prowess and ascendancy was far from assured.
He has (gained) the ascendancy over all his main rivals.
The "bulls", those who make money on a rising market, are in the ascendancy.
His election was seen as the ascendancy of a new generation, and he filled his administration with former student activists from the 1980s.
gain [have] ascendancy over
They were chiefly "balance-of-power' and ascendancy wars.
A member of a secret society founded in Northern Ireland in1795to maintain the political and religious ascendancy of Protestantism.
Aristotle's science had acquired ascendancy.
Objective To study the applied ascendancy of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in difficult endotracheal intubation.
Now, the iPhone is encroaching on the BlackBerry's turf in the corporate world, and that has played a role in Apple's ascendancy to the top spot among consumer brands.
But that is the current price, with Republicans in the ascendancy in Congress, of getting a fiscal stimulus passed.
During Nixon's ascendancy, too many staffers were overbearing.
He is completely under his wife's ascendancy.
With the Republicans in the ascendancy, federal aid for states is likely to be cut.
Just as Benfica thought they had the ascendancy, Giggs illustrated why he did not follow Paul Scholes and Edwin van der Sar into retirement at the end of last season.
More generally, there are worries about what the ascendancy of emerging markets would mean for jobs, pay and borrowing costs in the rich world.
